Collection Spotlight: Gertrude Sanford Legendre papers

Gertrude Sanford Legendre (1902–2000) was an American socialite who served as an OSS operative during World War II. She was also a noted explorer, big-game hunter, environmentalist, and owner of Medway plantation in South Carolina.

The collection includes scrapbooks of Gertrude’s travels and family life, loose photographs ranging in date from the mid to late 19th century to the 21st century (including slides, negatives, and multiple other formats), motion picture film, manuscript material including correspondence and business records, and a small amount of published material.

You can view selections from the Legendre papers held by Special Collections on the Lowcountry Digital Library at http://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/content/gertrude-sanford-legendre-papers-1836-2000.